Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, IN

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Albion (16%), Fort Wayne (13%) and Kendallville (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

153 of 1,041 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 888 Albion residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 1,666 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

888live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

1,666work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Albion0.3 mi away

16%170

Fort Wayne25.8 mi away

13%140

Kendallville9.2 mi away

8%80

Elkhart34.5 mi away

3%35

Ligonier10 mi away

3%31

Goshen24.3 mi away

3%29

Elkhart7 mi away

3%28

Jefferson3.5 mi away

2%25

Topeka11.8 mi away

2%23

Auburn19.2 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%457

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Albion commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

37%

18%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Albion are

1,819 jobs are based in Albion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Albion

1,819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Albion residents hold

1,041 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−18%

Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 2,213 → 1,819. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.